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Problems surface over Ariz.'s 2007 immigration law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 17th

By JACQUES BILLEAUDAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) - The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The law

Rubio seeks to boost border language in new bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio says a new immigration bill he helped write needs stronger border security provisions or it will fail in the House and may even have trouble getting through the Senate. Rubio, who is the chief emissary to

Senators unveil sweeping immigration bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional opponents from big business and labor, conservative groups and liberal ones. The lawmakers argued that

Rubio: Reports of immigration deal 'premature'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants. The AFL-CIO and the

Rubio: Reports of immigration deal 'premature'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st

Business, labor get deal on worker program

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Big business and labor have struck a deal on a new low-skilled worker program, removing the biggest hurdle to completion of sweeping immigration legislation allowing 11 million illegal immigrants eventual U.S. citizenship, labor and Senate officials

Source: Business, labor get deal on worker program

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

Business, labor get deal on worker program

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 30th

Business, labor close on deal for immigration bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th

By ERICA WERNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Big business and major labor unions appeared ready Friday to end a fight over a new low-skilled worker program that had threatened to upend negotiations on a sweeping immigration bill in the Senate providing a pathway to citizenship for 11 million

Business, labor close on deal for immigration bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 29th